Airbles railway station

Airbles
General information
Location	Motherwell, North Lanarkshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.782331°N 3.994509°W / 55.782331; -3.994509
Grid reference	NS750561
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	AIR
Key dates
15 May 1989	Station opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.119 million
2020/21	14,100
2021/22	64,168
2022/23	79,500
2023/24	0.111 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Airbles railway station serves the Airbles area of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire in Scotland. It is located around 1⁄2 mile (1 km) away from Fir Park stadium, home of Motherwell F.C.

History

The station was a new construction in 1989 by British Rail, on the Hamilton Circle.

The station missed out on services from the new Larkhall branch because the reopened line connects in a westerly direction as a result of the M74 now being in the location of the previous easterly junction.

Services

2016

The current service pattern, Mondays-Saturdays is:^[1]

• 2tph to Dalmuir via Hamilton Central and Glasgow Central Low Level
• 2tph to Motherwell, with an hourly extension to Cumbernauld

The Sunday service is:

• 2tph to Milngavie, via Hamilton and Glasgow Central Low Level
• 2tph to Motherwell

2022 - Anderson Tunnel Closure

Due to engineering work in the Anderson tunnel between Rutherglen and Exhibition Centre between the 13th of March till the 8th of May, the service frequency will be altered to:^[2][3][4]

Monday - Saturday:

• 1tph to Glasgow Central High Level via Hamilton, Newton and Mount Florida
• 1tph to Motherwell with only peak time services extending to Cumbernauld

Sunday:

• 1tph to Glasgow Central High Level via Hamilton, Newton and Mount Florida
• 1tph to Motherwell

Trains that run to Cumbernauld on the weekdays and Saturdays will only be operated between Motherwell and Cumbernauld during the closure apart from the extra peak time service.

Replacement bus services will operate from Newton and call between stations from Newton to Partick.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Motherwell		ScotRail Argyle Line		Hamilton Central

References

Notes

1. Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
2. "£32m Argyle Line improvement works set to begin | ScotRail". www.scotrail.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
3. ScotRail Cathcart Timetable March 2022
4. ScotRail Lanarkshire Timetable March 2022

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.